Militant attack kills 7 Afghan aid workers

Afghan forces inspect site

Mazar-i-Sharif - Arab Today

Nine people including seven Afghan aid workers were killed when militants attacked a guesthouse in northern Afghanistan around midnight Tuesday, officials said.

"Those killed in Zari district of Balkh province include seven aid workers -- six men and one woman -- and two guards," deputy provincial police chief Abdul Razaq Qaderi told AFP, blaming the Taliban for the attack.